3 October 2025
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I’m still not convinced that supermarkets need to have had some of their Christmas stock out since the beginning of September but, as a musician, you do need to start reasonably early on preparing for the spate of events that … Continue reading
28 November 2024
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Even through I’m not responsible for music in a church this year, the Christmas season remains musically busy. My first official Christmas engagements are the Christmas lights switch-on in East Leake (free event in the town centre, with music from … Continue reading
23 November 2023
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Christmas gig season continues this weekend with the last two outings of the year for Charnwood Concert Band. Tomorrow night we are at All Saints Church Thorpe Acre with Dishley (7:30pm – doors open 7pm, £7 on the door with … Continue reading
19 December 2022
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I’ve done what is probably my last official concert of the year with CSWO at the mayor’s carol service, held at All Saints with Holy Trinity. We did some tunes before the service, played for many of the carols and … Continue reading
10 December 2022
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In this photo, I’m getting set to play bass for the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra at Loughborough’s Carillon shopping centre this afternoon. That was Christmas gig number two for this band and it went very well. We have one more … Continue reading
27 November 2022
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I was back to rehearsing with the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra tonight after sporadic attendance for the last month or two due to my involvement with the Legally Blonde musical. We’ve got a number of Christmas gigs coming up (details … Continue reading
5 June 2022
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Today saw the last two Jubilee weekend events for Thorpe Acre, both hosted by Thorpe Acre church, and both of which I was involved in. The first was our regular all-age service, which sidestepped our current theme (“sensing God”) to … Continue reading
18 July 2019
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As well as listening to some great music, I’ve been trying to play some of it as well. I had another Long Player gig last Saturday at a very mini-festival (a charity event in someone’s back garden – brilliantly done). … Continue reading
14 February 2019
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I’ve got lots of jazz bassing lined up for this weekend. On Saturday evening I’m depping with some players I know at The Greyhound in Whitchurch on Thames (8-10pm). Then, on Sunday evening, it is back to the regular jazz … Continue reading
1 July 2017
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I’ve got two outdoor gigs this weekend. Current forecasts suggest it will stay dry but be cloudy and not overpoweringly hot, which is great, although I’ve been monitoring the forecasts for the last few days and they haven’t been entirely … Continue reading